Al-Qaddafi confers with Syrian prime minister

Libyan President Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi on Wednesday in Tripoli met with the Syrian prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro and members of the accompanying delegation.

Talks dealt with the political situation in the region, the stalemated peace process as a result of the Israeli intransigent and aggressive policy.

Talks also dealt with means of supporting the Palestinian Intifada and supporting the Palestinian people's steadfastness against the Israeli forces savage practices.

Ways of consolidating bilateral relations in all fields were also discussed.

During the meeting, President al- Qaddafi invested the Syrian information minister Adnan Omran with the September 1st medal for his great efforts as the Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and his stances in defense of the just Arab causes, including the unjust American embargo on Libya.

Earlier, meetings of the Syrian Higher committee began on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the Prime minister Miro and the secretary general of the Libyan General popular committee Muhammad Abdullah al- Shamekh.

The two sides reviewed prospects of co-operation in the political, economic trade, scientific, information, cultural, justice, tourist and industrial fields and in carrying out joint investments.

They agreed on continuing the talks at the sub-committee level to prepare the agreements which will be signed at the end of the joint committee deliberations. On the Syrian side the meetings were attended by the ministers of the economy and foreign trade, foreign affairs, finance, information, tourism, education, justice, industry and the chief of mission of Syria in Tripoli while the Libyan side was attended by the secretaries of the African Unity, Justice, Economy, Finance, Culture, Education and Industry.